Black Dyke Halt railway station explained

Black Dyke Halt
Status:Disused
Borough:Blackdyke, Allerdale
Country:England
Coordinates:54.8556°N -3.3408°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:1
Original:Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company
Pregroup:North British Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Years1:22 August 1856
Events1:Opened
Years2:7 September 1964
Events2:Closed

Black Dyke Halt or Blackdyke was a railway station near Blackdyke, Cumbria on the Silloth branch, serving the small hamlet of Black Dyke and its rural district. In its early days trains called on Saturdays only (Market Day),[1] being upgraded some years later. The station closed on 7 September 1964.[2] with the line to Silloth as part of the Beeching cuts.

History

The North British Railway leased the line from 1862, it was absorbed by them in 1880, and then taken over by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923.[3] The halt then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The platform has been demolished.

Infrastructure

The halt sat close to the hamlet and had a single wood fronted platform with no platform shelter. Light was provided by two lamps. Level crossing gates were located at the platform end and a passenger shelter, or crossing keepers shelter, was located here. The stop lay about two miles away from Silloth and three from Abbey Town railway station by train. It became a request stop in the 1950s.

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Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=mzsGAAAAQAAJ&dq=bradshaw+guide+1857+silloth&pg=PA168 Bradshaw entry, January 1862
  2. http://www.cumbrianrailways.org.uk/Scottish.php Cumbria Railways
  3. http://www.cumbria-railways.co.uk/carlisle_silloth_bay_railway.html Cumbria Railway